Roosevelt Court Reform Plan Denounced as Shabby Enterprise
A former New York bar association president called the Presidents court reform plan a shabby enterprise before the senate judiciary committee. Charles C. Burlingham urged the President retrace his steps and follow constitutional amendment. Senate leaders floated a modified sit down strikes resolution and relief funding debates continued. House committees rejected farm tenancy programs while a relief proposal faced ties and reconsideration votes.
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New York Bar Association
Senate
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Charles C. Burlingham
House
Robinson
D-Ark
Pittman
D-Neb
Representative Maverick
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
United States enters World War I twentieth anniversary
On the 20th anniversary of U S entry into World War I leaders called for peace while showing military strength. President Roosevelt watched a modern mechanized parade on Constitution Avenue as Hull praised international amity and neutrality bills faced House Senate committee review. A memorial gathering recalled the 56 dissenters who opposed entry, 30 of them dead.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Associated Press
Constitution Avenue
France
America
Hull
New York
Row Wilson
House
Senate
Congress
Reynolds Urges Strong National Defense as Peace Insurance
United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, speaking at an army day luncheon in Atlanta, called for robust defense spending to secure peace. He reviewed European unrest, warned the world watches diplomats, and argued only a capable army and navy can enforce neutrality and earn global respect.
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Atlanta
United States
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
van Horn Moseley
Third Army
Europe
Indict Clemmons in Torch Death in Brunswick County
Irman Clemmons 32 of Supply indicted for murder by the Brunswick county grand jury in the torch death of Hobson Hobby Sellers 21 of Supply. He allegedly poured gasoline on Sellers clothing as the truck driver lay ill beside the Shallotte Supply highway after drinking beer at a filling station.
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Southport
Irman Clemmons
Supply
Hobson (Hobby) Sellers
Brunswick County
Clemmons
Sellers
Shallotte Supply
Labor disputes idle 125000 in mines and auto plants
United States labor troubles left more than 125000 workers idle in coal mines and auto plants from Alabama to Tennessee and the north. Chrysler strike actions involving about 80000 workers held a potential quick settlement but others faced long layoffs as negotiations continued.
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South
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Alabama
Knoxville
Tenn
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp
Reo Motor Car Company
Chrysler
Heart Attack Fatal To Power Company Employee
Jack Calvin Horton a longtime worker for a power company in Raleigh and Asheville was found dead in his hotel room. Preliminary reports say heart trouble caused his death as he prepared to retire, with his mother Mrs Horton making the initial discovery.
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R Aleigh
Jack Calvin Horton
Asheville
British textile leaders clash over shorter work week plan
The world textile conference in Washington debates social and economic issues of the sick textile industry. English trade unionists push labor demands while British employers resist international action that would end England's long-standing system of collective bargaining for wages and hours.
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Washington
World Textile Conference
Crown
Thomas Ashurst
England
Storms Leave Twelve Dead in Alabama Floods
Twelve people died as wind and rain storms lash southeastern Alabama. Two to ten inches of rain pushed the Conecuh Pea and Choctawhatchee rivers above flood stage, threatening hundreds of acres of farmland and displacing dozens of families while warnings spread to Brewton Geneva and Elba districts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
South
Weather Bureau
Florida
Gulf
Brewton
Geneva
Elba
College President Inaugurated At South Carolina
The University of South Carolina inaugurated J R McKissick as president saying the university belongs to all South Carolinians including women. McKissick, elected in December 1985 while dean of journalism, is a 1905 graduate who also studied at Harvard Law and Wisconsin. He previously edited the Greenville News and Greenville Piedmont and was editor and chief editorial writer at the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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University of South Carolina
South Carolina
J. Rion McKissick
Dr. McKissick
School of
Harvard Law School
Graduate School
University of Wisconsin
Greenville News
Greenville Piedmont
Richmond
Times Dispatch
House Refuses to Vote Funds for Farm Buying Plan
Washington April 6. The House Agricultural Committee again refused to authorize the secretary of agriculture to spend 50 million dollars annually to buy farms for resale to tenants and sharecroppers.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Winston Pilot Dies in Spin and Parachute Failure
John Red Harmon a pilot at Miller airport was killed when he bailed from a spinning biplane at 2 500 feet and his parachute failed to open. The 32 year old married man from Joliet Illinois earned his license in 1927 and the plane crashed two and a half miles from the field. Department of Commerce investigators were at the scene.
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Winston-Salem
John
Red) Harmon
Miller
Harmon
Department of Commerce
Joliet, Ill
Rate Change Being Asked on North Carolina Shipment Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard testimony on a petition by railroads to exempt certain commodities from reduced class rates for shipments between North Carolina and adjacent territory. W L Thornton for the North Carolina Traffic League and Utilities Commission resisted as a bid to revise the rate basis condemned in ICC's order lowering the rates effective November 2. Commodities sought for exemption include unmanufactured tobacco alcohol fruits and vegetables fertilizer compounds candy paints and stains.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Carolina
W. L. Thornton
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Traffic League
North Carolina Utilities Commission
ICC
Passes Mailed For Execution
Columbia South Carolina April 6 Sept James Wilson of the state penitentiary said today George McDuffie of Lee county would be electrocuted shortly after 6 p m Friday. McDuffie was convicted of slaying Mrs Margie Ann Brown an elderly Lee county white woman with an axe the motive reported to be robbery.
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Columbia, 8. C
James 8. Wilson
State Penitentiary
George McDuffie
Lee County
McDuffie
Margie Ann Brown
Suspect In Triple Murder Case Under Arrest In Pennsylvania
Lancaster police said they notified New York detectives that a hitchhiker found in a parked car was arrested for resembling Robert Irwin sought in the Gedeon triple murder case. Irwin, 29, a sculpture and theology student, was linked to Veronica Gedeon and two others. Police pursued clues from a diary a glove and a hat as an eight state alert spread for Irwin.
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New York
Veronica Gedeon
Robert Irwin
St. Lawrence University
Lancaster
Sculpton
Gedeon
Manhattan Island
Art
Irwin
Massachusetts
Wollaston Beach
Haven
St. Lawrences University
Canton
Hearing on State Freight Rates Begins in Raleigh
The state utilities commission opened testimony on proposed reductions to intrastate freight rates to match interstate levels. Joseph Marks of Southern Railway urged postponement. L O King of Norfolk predicted a $500,000 annual loss for his company, with Shipper rep Strickland expected to testify for the Proximity firm later.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Joseph Marks
Washington
Southern Railway
L. O. King
Norfolk
Seaboard
Marks
Stanley Winorne
W. Strickland
Greensboro
Proximity Company
Cooke Endorsed For Justice Job
A Guilford county delegation led by Charles A. Hines and F. P. Hobgood urged Governor Hoey to appoint Wayland Cooke, former superior court judge, as associate justice of the supreme court. Cooke, currently clerk of Guilford superior court, is among candidates expected to be named by July 1.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
Charles A. Hines
F. P. Hobgood
Hoey
Wayland Cooke
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Cooke
Glerk
Guilford Superior Court
Virginia prosecutor backs plea to second degree murder
Commonwealth's Attorney William Fife said a second degree murder plea from Dr. R G Miller is acceptable after developments since the indictment. Miller, 65, is accused in the death of 18 year old Cleo Sprouse whose body was found near the University of Virginia cemetery. Defense counsel said a guilty plea to second degree murder had been agreed upon and the plea was postponed to Wednesday morning.
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Charlottesville
Commonwealth
William Fife
R. G. Miller
Cleo Sprouse
University of Virginia
Mr. Fife
Robert FE. Taylor
People's Lobby Vacates Minnesota Senate Chamber
In St Paul on April 6 the people’s lobby delegates evacuate the state senate chamber after Governor Benson’s surprise appearance. The group, after 15 hours inside, votes to adjourn temporarily while urging the legislature to pass relief funding and, if needed, a special session to authorize $17 million for next two years.
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ST. Paul
People's Lobby
Benson
State Senate Chamber
Robert Cheska
Chester Watson
State Workers Alliance
Senate
State Senate
Extradition Of Pair Is Asked
Governor Hoey issued two extradition papers and honored one from Virginia. Von Cannon of Mecklenburg county faces grand larceny charges and is said to be under arrest in Rowan county. Willie Cannady, under arrest in Norfolk, faces housebreaking and larceny in New Hanover county. J. L. Jones, under arrest in Memphis, faces larceny charges in Guilford county.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Virginia
Mecklenburg County
M. IL. von Cannon
Rowan County
Willie Cannady
Norfolk
New Hanover County
Tennessee
J. L. Jones
Memphis
Guilford County
Negro May Not Get Preliminary Trial
Sheriff Grady Nichols said Mann Hiawatha Smith a 16 year old Marion Negro held on assault charges against a 13 year old white girl would not receive a preliminary hearing unless demanded due to threats of violence. He was rushed to Asheville for safekeeping after arrest.
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Marion
Grady Nichols
Mann Hiawatha Smith
Buncombe County
Asheville
Plane wreckage found near Mount Baldy Arizona
Major A D Smith division superintendent of Transcontinental and Western Air said in a radio message that wreckage of a plane was located northwest of Mount Baldy in eastern Arizona. Little hope is held for survivors. The report came from Albuquerque New Mexico on April 6.
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Albuquerque
N. M
A. D. Smith
Transcontinental and Western Air
Mount Baldy
Arizon
Missing Skyliner in Snowbound Arizona Region
Belief persists that an eight passenger airliner missing for three days may lie wrecked in rugged snow covered terrain along the Arizona New Mexico border. Major Victor Bertrandias leads the hunt after a Los Angeles to New York delivery flight vanished en route to Holland. He notes distress reports seem too consistent to ignore despite two days of searching.
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Winslow
Ariz
Arizona- New Mexico
Victor Bertrandias
Holland
Los Angeles
New York
Bertrandias
Mt. Baldy
Mecklenburg Presbytery Spring Session in Charlotte
The Mecklenburg Presbytery will hold its spring session in Charlotte next Tuesday. The plan calls for local attendees to gather for a midweek meeting session.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg Presbytery
Mussolini Moves to Reopen Balkans Ties in Europe
British and French leaders reportedly prepared to pressure the Balkans against Italy while Mussolini shifts to a broader international role. Paris sources say Spanish insurgents friendly to Italy claim progress on the northern front as Italy questions the non intervention pact.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Balkans
Italy
Mussolini
Spain
Paris
Ita
Durango
Bilbao
Itali
Britain
I Oaly
Europe
Wife slays by husband in Guilford County
Sidney H. Lemons, 48, reportedly confessed to Sheriff Joe Phipps that he fatally slashed his wife's throat with a pocketknife at their Mount Hope area home about 10 o clock this morning. The couple, married since 1912, had 11 children.
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Greensboro
Sidney H. Lemons
Guilford County
Joe S. Phi
Here
Mount H Church
Lemons
Phipps
Lemo
Stock Market Sags As Leaders Mostly Lose Ground
New York reports a down day with Chrysler and General Motors showing balanced activity. Trading was slow near the four hour mark as investors waited for an early settlement of Chrysler's labor dispute amid general selling pressure.
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New York
Steele
Chrysler
General Moto
W Street
New Officers to be Elected at Morgan and Burke County GOP Meeting
In Morganton on April 6, members of the Morgan ton and Burke County Republican clubs will elect new officers at a joint meeting tonight. The event brings together party members from both counties for the local party leadership vote.
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Morganton
Burke County
Windfall Tax Upheld By Fourth Circuit
The Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond upheld the constitutionality of the windfall tax on processors. It affirmed a Salisbury N C district court ruling denying an injunction against collection of the 80 percent tax under title 3 of the 1936 revenue act.
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Richmond
Fourth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Salisbury
N. C
White Packing Company
Collector of Internal Revenue
John P. Parker
Th White Packing Company
Supreme Court
Congress
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People’s Lobby
Minnesota Senate
IL Duce
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